Vallo della Lucania
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Vallo della Lucania is a town and comune
in the province of Salerno
in the Campania
region of south-western Italy
. It lies in the middle of Cilento
and its population is 8,866.
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In the 18th century the town changed its name to Vallo di Novi. In 1806, during the French government of the Kingdom of Naples
, it was made a district capital.
and its National Park
, close to Gelbison mountain and not too far from the ancient Greek town of Velia.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Salerno
Province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.-Geography:The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 139,579; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 53,488; Battipaglia with a population of 51,115; and Nocera Inferiore which has a...
in the Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
region of south-western Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It lies in the middle of Cilento
Cilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.-Geography:...
and its population is 8,866.
History
A settlement called Castrum Cornutum (meaning: "Fortress of Cornutans") is documented in the 13th century: according to the Italian historian Giuseppe Maiese, it had been founded by colonists from Cornutum, an ancient city in DalmatiaDalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
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In the 18th century the town changed its name to Vallo di Novi. In 1806, during the French government of the Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
, it was made a district capital.
Geography
The town is located in the middle of the CilentoCilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.-Geography:...
and its National Park
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
The Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park is an Italian national park founded in 1991...
, close to Gelbison mountain and not too far from the ancient Greek town of Velia.
See also
- CilentoCilentoCilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.-Geography:...
- Gelbison
- Gelbison CilentoGelbison Cilento S.S.D.Gelbison Cilento Società Sportiva Dilettante, commonly known as Gelbison, is an Italian association football club located in Vallo della Lucania, Campania.-Overview:...
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Vallo della LucaniaRoman Catholic Diocese of Vallo della LucaniaThe Italian Catholic diocese of Vallo della Lucania, in Campania, has existed under this name since 1945. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.Before renaming in 1945, it was the historical diocese of Capaccio and Vallo....
